review-agent

Testing & Quality

Run a single named review agent against target files. Use this when the user names a specific agent (e.g. "run security-review", "check for test issues", "run js-fp-review on this file") rather than wanting the full suite. Prefer this over /code-review when only one concern is relevant or speed matters. Also used by the orchestrator for inline review checkpoints during Phase 3 implementation.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/bdfinst/agentic-dev-team/blob/HEAD/plugins/dev-team/skills/review-agent/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/review-agent/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

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Review Agent

Role: worker. This skill performs the actual review using the agent definition as its specification.

You have been invoked with the /review-agent skill. Run a single named review agent.

This command is executed under orchestrator direction. Pass the named agent's tier alias (from its model: frontmatter) when dispatching — the PreToolUse hook hooks/agent_model_resolve.py resolves it to the active snapshot per the Resolution Procedure in .claude/agents/orchestrator.md.

Worker constraints

Follow the agent definition exactly. The agent file is your specification — detect what it says to detect, skip what it says to skip.
Respect context needs. When reviewing uncommitted changes or --since, honor the agent's Context needs field (diff-only, full-file, or project-structure).
Do not add findings beyond the agent's scope. If the agent says "Ignore: naming, tests" — do not flag naming or test issues.
Return structured JSON only. Output the standard result format. Do not add prose commentary.
Be concise. Issue messages should be one sentence. Suggested fixes should be actionable, not explanatory. No preambles or filler.

Parse Arguments

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

Required: agent name ($0, e.g., test-review, js-fp-review, security-review)

Optional:

--since <ref>: Review files changed since a git ref
--path <dir>: Target directory (default: current working directory)
--internal: This is an orchestrator-internal dispatch (e.g. /build's Phase 3 inline checkpoints) — skip the DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/ report write in step 4b. /build is the only sanctioned caller of this flag today.

Steps

1. Load agent definition

Read .claude/agents/<name>.md. If the file doesn't exist, list available review agents from .claude/agents/ (the Review Agents section of knowledge/agent-registry.md is the roster) and ask the user to pick one.

2. Determine target files

Same auto-scope logic as /code-review:

If uncommitted changes exist: review those files
If working tree is clean: review all source files
--since <ref>: git diff --name-only <ref>...HEAD
--path <dir>: review files in that directory

3. Run review

Follow the agent definition to review each target file. Produce a JSON result:

{
  "agentName": "<name>",
  "status": "pass|warn|fail",
  "issues": [
    {
      "severity": "error|warning|suggestion",
      "file": "<path>",
      "line": 0,
      "message": "<description>",
      "suggestedFix": "<fix>"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "<summary>"
}

3b. Apply ACCEPTED-RISKS.md suppression

Before reporting, consult ACCEPTED-RISKS.md at the repo root if present. For each issue, check rules in declaration order per knowledge/accepted-risks-schema.md. The first matching rule suppresses the issue from the displayed result and emits an audit entry of the form SUPPRESSED: <file>:<line> [<rule_id>] by ACCEPTED-RISKS rule <rule.id>. Expired rules become inert (stop suppressing). Schema-invalid rules fail the run with a specific parse error. Absent file: skip silently.

4. Report

Display the result as a formatted summary with issues grouped by file. Include suggested fixes inline. If any issues were suppressed by ACCEPTED-RISKS, list them in a dedicated trailing section with rule ids for audit.

4b. Write the durable report (skip when `--internal`)

See knowledge/report-output-location.md for the shared write-scope convention this step follows.

When --internal was not passed, write the same formatted summary shown in step 4 to DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/<agent-name>.md in the target repository's working directory (creating DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/ if absent), overwriting any existing file at that path — write it even when the review found zero issues. Print one confirmation line after the chat summary: Report written: DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/<agent-name>.md, or Report written: DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/<agent-name>.md (replaced previous run) when a file already existed at that path. If the write fails (permission/read-only): report Cannot write DEV_TEAM_REPORTS/<agent-name>.md: <error> to chat, and still return the JSON result and chat summary unchanged — the write failure is non-fatal and never blocks or alters the primary output.

When --internal was passed, skip this step entirely — behavior stays exactly as today (JSON + chat summary only).